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ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm) here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family, friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his many years in broadcast journalisim.


Moderator of Charlotte Board<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Whammy1978 on 08/08/05 03:49 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming here (roughly
> 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>

Agreed...just saw news of it on FreeRepublic (via CNN, CBS etc)
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming here (roughly
> 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>

A special archival program is airing as of 11:45pm EST, no doubt produced ahead of time.

Very sad.
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming here (roughly
> 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>

CNN and Headline News is running the same thing right now and they are talking to Aaron Brown who worked with Peter Jennings when he was at ABC News. NBC News has just broke into local programming at 11:48pm with the story of Jennings' passing, and Fox News Channel hit with the news at 11:50pm.

Truly a loss in television journalism and my memories of watching Peter Jennings was of his calm demeanor and smooth and somewhat comforting delivery on air. He will truly be missed.<P ID="signature">______________
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> > ABC News just broke into local progamming here (roughly
> > 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
>
> > Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> > friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in
> his
> > many years in broadcast journalisim.
> >
>
> CNN and Headline News is running the same thing right now
> and they are talking to Aaron Brown who worked with Peter
> Jennings when he was at ABC News. NBC News has just broke
> into local programming at 11:48pm with the story of
> Jennings' passing, and Fox News Channel hit with the news at
> 11:50pm.
>
> Truly a loss in television journalism and my memories of
> watching Peter Jennings was of his calm demeanor and smooth
> and somewhat comforting delivery on air. He will truly be
> missed.

Agreed...I grew up watching him behind the ABC anchor desk. Sad and shocking
to see him go, he lent a human touch to events ranging from 9/11 to the Stanley Cup finals.
 
CNN is actually dipping into the ABC feed of this.

Peter Jennings worked for ABC since 1964. The only employee (of similar
position) with more seniority? Koppel (a year before, I think they said).
Quite a long and distinguished career.

> A special archival program is airing as of 11:45pm EST, no
> doubt produced ahead of time.
>
> Very sad.
>
 
Its a sad day indeed. ABC's World News Tonight won't be the same without him. He'll be missed.
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm)
> here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.

Indeed a very sad day. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone he knew. Peter will be missed. ABC News will not be the same without him.<P ID="signature">______________
Dawn H</P>
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm)
> here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>
>
> Moderator of Charlotte Board
>

:(

I wonder if NBC and CBS will have Brokaw and Rather on their respective evening newscasts paying tribute. (I'm assuming that Rather is still with CBS, I know Broakaw is still with NBC, but doing special projects)

-A<P ID="signature">______________

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> ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm)
> here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>
>
> Moderator of Charlotte Board
>
The Seattle FOX affilliate briefly broke in during a commercial break with the news of Mr. Jennings' passing. RIP, Peter.<P ID="signature">______________
"Always on the move." Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge Of the Sith</P>
 
> > > ABC News just broke into local progamming here (roughly
> > > 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of
> Peter
> >
> > > Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> > > friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in
>
> > his
> > > many years in broadcast journalisim.
> > >
> >
> > CNN and Headline News is running the same thing right now
> > and they are talking to Aaron Brown who worked with Peter
> > Jennings when he was at ABC News. NBC News has just broke
> > into local programming at 11:48pm with the story of
> > Jennings' passing, and Fox News Channel hit with the news
> at
> > 11:50pm.
> >
> > Truly a loss in television journalism and my memories of
> > watching Peter Jennings was of his calm demeanor and
> smooth
> > and somewhat comforting delivery on air. He will truly be
> > missed.
>
> Agreed...I grew up watching him behind the ABC anchor desk.
> Sad and shocking
> to see him go, he lent a human touch to events ranging from
> 9/11 to the Stanley Cup finals.
>
Frank Reynolds passed away in '83, I believe Max Robinson is no longer with us, and now Peter Jennings.<P ID="signature">______________
"Always on the move." Obi-Wan Kenobi in Revenge Of the Sith</P>
 
I'm pretty sure "Nightline" will be a keeper on Monday night. Rest in peace, Mr. Jennings.
 
> > > > ABC News just broke into local progamming here
> (roughly
> > > > 11:40 pm) on the East Coast to announce the death of
> > Peter
> > >
> > > > Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> > > > friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched
> in
> >
> > > his
> > > > many years in broadcast journalisim.
> > > >
> > >
> > > CNN and Headline News is running the same thing right
> now
> > > and they are talking to Aaron Brown who worked with
> Peter
> > > Jennings when he was at ABC News. NBC News has just
> broke
> > > into local programming at 11:48pm with the story of
> > > Jennings' passing, and Fox News Channel hit with the
> news
> > at
> > > 11:50pm.
> > >
> > > Truly a loss in television journalism and my memories of
>
> > > watching Peter Jennings was of his calm demeanor and
> > smooth
> > > and somewhat comforting delivery on air. He will truly
> be
> > > missed.
> >
> > Agreed...I grew up watching him behind the ABC anchor
> desk.
> > Sad and shocking
> > to see him go, he lent a human touch to events ranging
> from
> > 9/11 to the Stanley Cup finals.
> >
> Frank Reynolds passed away in '83, I believe Max Robinson is
> no longer with us, and now Peter Jennings.

Max Robinson passed away in 1988 from complications from HIV/AIDS. Reynolds passed away from bone cancer (I believe).
 
> I'm pretty sure "Nightline" will be a keeper on Monday
> night. Rest in peace, Mr. Jennings.
<font color=blue> As was said it is ironic that the 3-anchor team,have all gone before their time. Jennings was a great stylist; a truely accomplished broadcaster. </font>
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm)
> here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>
>
> Moderator of Charlotte Board
>

I was lucky enough to meet Jennings during his "50 states" tour (in Minnesota). One of our EPs used to work with him at the network, and she set up an informal gathering with him before his obligations on the air at KSTP. I'll never forget answering the phone, and hearing a booming voice on the other end say "hello, Rob, this is Peter, may I speak with Dinah please?" He's just as polite and smooth off the air.<P ID="signature">______________
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I had gone to sleep early Sunday night (August 8th), waking up just before 4 A.M. EDT this morning and turned on the TV, expecting to see coverage of the space shuttle landing (which has now been postponed a day; as a result, I'll be going back to sleep for a few hours) but instead, learning about Peter Jennings' death.

One thing I had failed to see noted in any retrospectives on his career was his short-lived stint (January-October, 1975) as the news-update anchor on ABC News' first attempt at an early-morning program, the ill-fated "AM America". Jennings had been brought back to the 'States from the Middle East for that assignment.

In the end, the replacement of "AM America" with "Good Morning America" may have been the best for Jennings' career, for he was able to return overseas and provide some truly top-notch reporting from the Middle East for the network. It wasn't that his work for "AM America" was bad; his anchor work there was much better than his first (1965-67) stint as ABC's evening news anchorman. It was that he had a perspective on the Middle East that perhaps no other broadcast journalist ever had.

Were it not for the outstanding quality of his reporting from late 1975 through early 1978, it's possible Jennings may not have been selected as part of the original triple-anchor team of "World News Tonight", and thus, would not have become "WNT"'s sole anchor in 1983.

And in time, Peter Jennings became a superior anchorman. His anchoring on September 11th, 2001 remains one of the greatest on-air reporting jobs in the history of American television news.
 
> ABC News just broke into local progamming (roughly 11:40 pm)
> here on the East Coast to announce the death of Peter
> Jennings. My thoughts and prayers go to his family,
> friends, co-workers, and everyone that he has touched in his
> many years in broadcast journalisim.
>
>
> Moderator of Charlotte Board
>

I had the chance to meet Peter when he was last in Seattle. I really enjoy meeting him and will miss watching him on ABC.<P ID="signature">______________
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Thanks Charlie Gibson

<font color=3333ff>I think this was probably the hardest Special Report he's ever had to do on live air, and I commend him for doing a great job.

Peter will be missed greatly.
</font>
 
Mr. Jennings was my favorite among the anchors of the Big 3.
True professionalism all the way -- cool under pressure.

I watch World News Tonight every evening at 5:30pm (central)
and I've missed him -- and will now continue to miss him.

Charles Gibson would be a great replacement. Plus,
Elizabeth Vargas did a great job filling in as well.
 
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